Today is the anniversary of the arrival of Ann Hasseltine Judson and her husband Adoniram in Calcutta, India, in 1812. They were not welcomed by the government, and having been asked to leave, instead went to Rangoon, Burma, now Myanmar. She was a writer and felt she was living out her own calling to ministry. She helped her husband translate the Bible into Burmese, and strived to educate women, who had no rights other than the ones their husbands would grant them. The Baptist’s Judson Press and a number of Judson Colleges are named after her husband but one is named after Ann. Their Bible translation is still used today in that country.
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